Lakefront

Dan was off today but he is really going to be busy the rest of the week. No one wanted to schedule jobs for today so now he has loads of jobs for W-TH-F. Plus he was really busy around the house all day.

We started our day with a walk at the lakefront. Lots of birds today and none of them wanted to make it easy for me to get a picture. Because we were walking into the sun first any picture I wanted to take and have come out I would have to walk past the bird and turn around to snap the shot. Well none of them were having that and would fly as soon as we got near them. Still got some pretty good pictures.

I really wanted to get this one but he was so afraid I would steal his fish he flew away squawking the whole way. I did get this shot before he flew that at least shows the fish, it was a good sized one for this bird.


We walked to the center parking lot and then out to the end of the dock. It was getting pretty hot and was nice to turn around and have the sun at our backs.

You can see how much better the pictures turned out walking this way.


Stopped by Wal-Mart to get some potting soil, this is what kept Dan busy all day, working on repotting, weeding, and watering the plants.

I spent about two hours updating the checkbook on the computer and balancing it. This is what I get when I don't do it for two months. I always swear I won't let it go this long again and before you know it two months are gone again and I'm kicking myself.

Did You See This?

Went for my walk today and was just enjoying the sunrise which changed quite a bit over the course of a few seconds. Then I turned around....


....and saw this, it was the biggest one I have seen in along time.


And it just kept getting more magnificent as I walked.



Then there was more of the sunrise, the color extended almost 360 degrees.


Then I had to check to make sure the moon was still there.

Then I had to look back again to see the sunrise.

The moon was there for almost all my walk.


Couldn't have asked for a nicer view.


Thank goodness for the sunrise and moon because it was very humid by the time I headed back to the house.

Today was my day to catch up on tivo'ed shows. I watch Fringe, it was kind of confusing in a "Lost" sort of way probably because it is done by the same guy. I'll watch a couple more time and see what I think.

I was also scoping out trips to take in Florida and there are so many things to do here I'm still trying to decide.

A Little Bit of Riley

Here are some pictures of Nikki when she was about 2 although she and Riley don't look as much alike as he and Andy this top picture just has something in it that reminds me of Riley. Might be the mannerisms or body language but I can definitely see some of Riley. The bottom two show where the eye color is coming from because we have been having a hard time determining that and I think these pictures answer that question. And now we also know that cuteness does come from both sides of the family.




Just a quiet day today. Started with a quick trip to Wal-Mart and Publix to pick up a few things and then we headed home.

I spent most of the day finishing Breaking Dawn, really enjoyed it. Glad I didn't read any of the spoilers would have been disappointed if I knew what was going to happen.

Then it was time to watch the race and football, that was our day in a nutshell.

The Barber is In

Started the day by giving Cole a haircut, thank goodness he is an easy customer to satisfy. Visited for a bit with Tammy, Kim, and the kids and then they were off to Wal-Mart and I was back to doing laundry.

Dan did the yard today, everything looks so nice, he edged, mowed, and swept. Took him most of the morning.

I headed over to pick up Nikki, Riley, and Kaleigh to go to Jessica's Birthday Party. Riley was all dressed up in a pair of jeans and he looked so cute.


Of course Kaleigh had a cute onsies and headband on so she was looking pretty good too.


Riley was really enjoying Jessica's play kitchen and he was having a good time with Cole cooking something up. At one point it was baked stuffed chipmunk.


Sami kept him amused for a while also.


Here is the Birthday Girl with the sticker and coloring books she got for her birthday. Thank goodness Tammy and Breann were around to lend a hand.


Jessica was so cute blowing bubbles, we really needed video because she would work very hard with all sorts of faces and all of a sudden there would be bubbles.


She had a Princess Cake made out of cupcakes that was really cute and everyone enjoyed it.

We left shortly after the cake and Riley fell asleep on the way home, Nikki got him into bed without waking him up so you know he was pretty tired. Plus he has the beginnings of a cold and that didn't help.

I spent the rest of the evening reading Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) so far I'm enjoying it and hope to finish this weekend.

Best Sound in the Morning

This morning it was water coming out of the faucet. I always worry when we have well problems it will just keep continuing. But not today we had water and I got a shower first thing in the morning. Nothing could ruin this day.

Errands, but not as many as normal because I was out shopping yesterday. Wal-Mart and the Post Office then I was off to Panera to get some of the Pink Ribbon bagels. They are some of the best and they are are only available for a short time during the year. Wanted to get a dozen but all they had was eight so I rounded the baker's dozen out with five others. They are just going in the freezer so we can enjoy them longer.

Weight Watcher's was good today, down 1.4 pounds. I wasn't feeling that optimistic this morning but that was ok because the scale never lies. No matter how much you think sometimes that it does.

Chris got home last night, had a good time. Found out that the conference for the next two years will be in Las Vegas so he was pretty happy about that. There had been a rumor that it was moving to Orlando and that isn't very exciting for him. He was pretty tired but did have today off so that helped. We might even see him this weekend.

Rest of the day was pretty quiet so I just took it easy.

Water, Water, Nowhere Any Water

There was another picture I wanted to post but of course I couldn't find it. So I thought this one would be just as good. This is Kim with Leesha, Sami, and Kimi. It was taken in 95-96 time frame while the boys and I were living in Orlando.


Hope your day started out better than ours. This is the time of year we start to have problems with the pump on the well. Usually it only takes a whack on the solenoid or a good cleaning of the contacts and everything is back in working order. Not this morning so we woke up to no water, not the best way to start the day.

I knew I was heading out to go shopping with Tammy so I could escape the no water problem. Dan had to find a way to get it fixed, and of course he did. We ended up replacing the pump but that is one of those things we are always expecting to have to do and had avoided it for a couple of years. The best part was the well guy worked us into his schedule and it was all fixed about an hour after I got home.

Had a good time out shopping, ended up being Tammy, Mum, Dad and me. Went all over the place stopping at Panera, Party City, JoAnn's, Target, Lowes, and BJ's. Sure did get our shopping quota in today.

This afternoon Dan and went over to see Andy, Nikki and the kids, always a nice way to spend some time. Everyone was in a good mood and we had a good time playing and visiting.

Where Does the Week Go?

No walk this morning, just didn't feel like it. Will have to make up for it by doing something else, guess chasing the kids around will have to be the something.

When I arrived both kids were sleeping and had only been down for about 45 minutes or so. Talked to Andy while he had his lunch and then it was time for him to head back to work. Made up Riley's grilled cheese sandwich so it would be ready to go.

When Riley got up from his nap the living room got so dark we could hardly see. We had to go outside to investigate and it was the thunderstorms coming our way. The wind was whipping and it was starting to rain but the best part was when Riley told me it was a car driving past us as we stood there.


I got a couple of shots of the sleeping baby, pretty cute and she makes the best faces while she is laying there. Of course I couldn't get any of those.


Riley just being cute while eating. I handed him a paper towel to use to wipe his face and he said thank you. New words all the time.

When Riley was about 1/2 way through his lunch Kaleigh woke up so I was feeding her and hoping Riley would be happy in his chair for a bit longer and he did very well. Andy got home just as Kaleigh was finishing with her bottle, so he got Riley cleaned up and out of his chair.



Got to have some play time with Daddy, that is always fun.

I got home between all the rain showers. Also saw where there is another building going up in the Publix parking lot on the Canoe Creek side. Andy pointed this out to me, not sure what it is going to be. From a distance it looks like maybe a fast food of some kind.

I got quite a bit done today on the scrapbook supplies, everything is organized at the moment. Should make my life much easier for the digital scrapbooking.